Husker Venture Fund

Hey, Facebook! We have some overdue updates for this platform. To kick off our series of updates, we are excited to share the 4 new companies added to the HVF portfolio in the past year.

HVF invested in Tiiga in November 2022, Swishboom in April 2023, ReUnite in May 2023, and SheMate in June 2023.

🔥Glow Big Red ends in ONE hour🔥

Our goal is to raise $1,000 to provide our students with the materials they need to excel in HVF and provide them with an enriching experience. Link in our bio to donate.

https://glowbigred.unl.edu/campaigns/student-org-husker-venture-fund

University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Nebraska College of Business | Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship

❗24 Hours of Husker Giving has officially begun❗
To kick it off, we are highlighting our members and the experiences they’ve gained from Husker Venture Fund.
✨ For Reese Munson, it was connecting with a community of women in Venture Capital.
📚For Landen Fogel, it was connecting the curriculum learned in the Raikes School to real-life startups.
🌎For Edwin Bahena-Flores, it was traveling to Boston to VCIC.

None of these experiences would be possible for HVF members without generous giving during Glow Big Red! Learn more: https://glowbigred.unl.edu/campaigns/student-org-husker-venture-fund.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Nebraska College of Business | Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship

Glow Big Red starts this week! 🥳 HVF is so excited to participate in 24 Hours of Husker Giving, but starting now you can donate to help enhance the Husker Venture Fund student experience. Check out what Managing Directors Maria Heyen, Samuel DeZube, and Jimmy Whebbe have to say about Glow Big Red and the exciting stories that will be shared throughout the week.

Link in Bio to learn more and donate!

We are honored to accept the award for “Outstanding New Student Organization” from

Thanks to our members, advisors, donors, and anyone involved in the process of the first year of our fund. What a great year, with many more to come! 🎉

Student’s fertigation startup awarded first Husker Venture Fund investment Members of the Husker Venture Fund, a student-led venture capital fund, awarded their debut investment of $25,000 to startup Sentinel Fertigation and its founder Jackson Stansell, a doctoral student in biological systems engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. A partnership between the ...

Thank you to everyone for helping us raise 4X our goal this semester! We are astonished and beyond grateful for the support from our community.

We look forward to using these funds to invest in our students!

Glow Big Red is now live! Join us in reaching our fundraising goal of $1000! Stay tuned for more updates on our progress.

Link to donate: https://glowbigred.unl.edu/campaigns/student-org-husker-venture-fund

🗣 Glow Big Red starts in less than 24 hours! We hope to raise $1,000 to continue to support our students through club programming.

Hear from our Associate, Sam Lilly, about his experience in HVF.

Stay tuned for Glow Big Red updates and check the link in bio to donate!

Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️

Show some love for HVF this Wednesday-Thursday for the annual Glow Big Red fundraising event. We are raising $1,000 to support future events and activities for our members!

Details in link in bio!!

Say hello to Husker Venture Fund’s very first investment, Sentinel Fertigation Technologies! 🌽🚜

Founded by CEO, Jackson Stansell, Sentinel Fertigation provides farmers with data-driven fertigation recommendations for improved profit and sustainability.

We are so excited to welcome Sentinel Fertigation as our first portfolio company. The main driver behind our decision is our trust and belief in Jackson as a founder. He is unbelievably bright and making quick strides to become a successful entrepreneur. Our team is 100% behind Jackson and his mission at Sentinel Fertigation and excited to see his impact as a Nebraska-based founder!

Check out their website here: https://www.sentinelfertigation.com/

As we begin this new semester, we wanted to take a moment to highlight our members and their contributions during this past, inaugural semester of the fund.

To start, we promoted 6 members to our Senior Associate position. Senior Associates are tasked with helping managing directors lead deals and other administrative tasks. These members include Anthony Marfisi, Blake Ingamells, Ian Anderson, Maria Heyen, Samuel DeZube, and Shaun Edgecombe.

In addition to Senior Associate, 10 members hold the title of Associate. Associate duties include working with Senior Associates on due diligence efforts, as well as attending meetings. These members include: Ananth Venkatachalam, Ateev Bhandari, Ben Hohensee, Bryant Russell, Daniel Elsner, James Whebbe, Robert Gosselin, Robert Khorram, Sam Lilly, and Zach Molzer.

We also have more amazing members who completed the curriculum or were active participants in our meetings/events. These members include Alex Zlatic, David Spitzenberger, Jason Rathbone, Marco Cuaran, Nathan Hauser, and Samuel Gertner.

Finally, we want to shout out the two members who have now graduated and are our first group of alumni! Thanks to Anirudh Patchipulusu and Lane Schopp for your contributions to HVF and for helping to pave the way for future members.